Wire-line-rope socket.



J. BURNS. WIRE LINE ROPE SOCKET. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1913.

1,073,469. tented sepp. 16,1913.

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specification of Letters. Patent.

.llpp'llcation filed l ebruary '1", 1913.

'."a tent ed Sept. 16,1913. Scria1No.746,8l2.

To all whom it may ccumem Be it known that l, Josum-i linens, a rein-- dent of Olnnulgee, in the county of ()lnuulgee and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful ln'iproveinonts in lVireJiine-Rqpe Sockets, oi? which the fob lowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eillcient swivel rope socket :lor Well tools wherein the swivel is rcadil y accessible for the purpose of inspection or repair, and wherein provision is had for keeplng the swivel clear ol. sand and other obstructing aecunmlations.

In the accompanying drawings, l igurc 1 is a side elevation of the improved socket, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3, l and are cross sec 'tions taken on lines 3-3, -i--i and 5----5, respectively, of .lig, 1.

Referring to the drawings, 53 designates the body of the socket which is formed at its lower end with the usual threaded box 3 for receiving the tapered pin carried by the upper extremity of all sochet-supported well tools. Body 2 is formed with the vcrtical cylindrical cavity 4: which for eonvon iencc of manufacture may consist of an up Ward extension of box 3, the cavity extending Well up toward the upper end of the body and with a rope passage extending from the upper end of the cavity tlllOllgll the upper extremity of the body. Cavity i and passage 5 are concentric with the loogitudinal axis of the body, and as the rope passage smaller than the cavity the upper extremity of the latter forms the shoulder or abutment t3.

A portion oi the len 'tih of cavity at :is open laterally through the side of the soclitet body as indicated at". '7, the upper end of this lateral opening being in a plane lower than abutment 6, and entered through opening 7 is the cylindrical head or mandrel S, which has a turning fit in cavity ft. Head 8 is formed with the upwardly tapering bore 9 to confine the knotted extremity it) of cable 10, the latter extending into the socket body through passage 5.

Part 8 is in ell'ecta swivel. head for the cable, the upper extremity ot the head hear ing against shoulder 6 with socket body 52 adapted to turn or swivel thereon will be understood. Cavity i is iuh "(ted by a t-ransveise passage which rccei cs pin ll.

This pin is spaced somewhat beneath the lo'wcr extl'eu'iity of head 8 when the latter is in raised position, permitting head 8 to lower slightly when the cable is slack but preventing ittroni dropping sufliciently far to passout through side opening 7, head 8 being thus confined in the upper portion l of the body cavity. But it is only necessary to remove pin .11 in order to permit the head to lower sulliciently to be removed through opening 7 for the purpose of inspection, repair, etc.

lrlorc or less water flows down around a well drilling cable when the tools are being operated, and there is sullicient' clearance in passage 5 toadmit this water' into the interior oil? the socket: body and around swivel head 8 so that the latter and the upper portion of the body cavity are kept clear ol. sand, drillings, etc, such accumulations being washed out through side opening 7, so that there is nothing to obstruct or retard the swivel action. This self-cleaning characteristic is important as thereby the parts are. kept clean and the swivel nuiintained in operative condition.

d lute the improved socket 1s mtended primarily for use with a wire rope or cable, it is not restricted thereto.

1. The COIfll'JlnfitlOn of a well-tool rope socket formed with a laterally open swivelhcad cavity and having a top opening to pass a drilling or ble, a swivel head for the extremity of the cable within said cavity and of a size to pass inwardly and outwardly through the laterally open portion thereof, and means for confining the swivel head Within said cavity.

2. The combination of a rope socket bod adaptbd at its lower end to connect Wit well tools and at its upper extremity formed with a downwardly extending cable passage, the body formed with a cavity beneath and the latter, the cavity bein open through one side of the body with the upper end of the cavity spaced downwardly, a head movable vertically in the cavity, the head bein smaller than the side opening and adapted to pass therethrough into and out of the cavity, the head adapted to be secured to a cable entered through the said cable passage, and means for preventing the head from havering snlliciently within the cavity to pass through the side opening.

'lhe combination of a rope socket body larger than the cable passage and open to adapted at its lower end to connect with well tools and at its upper extremity formed with a downwardly extending cable passage, the body formed with a cavity beneath and larger than the cable passage and open to the latter, the cavity being open through one side of the body with the upper end of theside opening spaced downwardly from the upper end of the cavity, a head movable vertically in the cavity, the head being smaller than the side opening and adapted to-pass therethrough into and out of the .cav1ty,"the head adapted to be secured to a cable entered through the said cable passage, and a device removably traversing the body cavity in a plane between the upper and lower ends of the side opening and consti-' tut-ing a bottom abutment for the head and preventing the latter from lowering sufficiently to pass outwardly through the side opening.

4. The-combination of a rope socket body adapted at its lower end to connect with well tools and at its upper end formed with a downwardly extending cable passage-the formed with a cylindrical cavity bebod neat h and larger than the cable passage and open thereto with the upper portion of the cavity closed laterally and with a side opening beneath the'laterally closed-portion, a circular head smaller than the side open? ing and adapted to pass therethrough into and out of the body cavity, the head fitting In testimony whereof I in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BURNS.

afiix my signature Witnesses:

JNO. 'H. LEMNEY, JOHN LABADIE. 

